Prince Harry and Meghan Markle relationship news: Latest updates on rumoured engagement

• Prince Harry, 32, and Meghan Markle, 36 recently celebrated their one year anniversary. 
• Meghan opened up in an interview with Vanity Fair about the couple’s relationship for the first time. 
• The pair recently returned home from a trip to Botswana in Africa together, as part of Meghan’s 36th birthday celebrations. 
• Prince Harry has spoken about the significance Africa holds to him, and it is the place where his brother Prince William, 35, proposed to the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, 35. 

Saturday, 9 September: 11:00am

If the couple do get married, what will Meghan’s name be?

Interest in Meghan, from her hobbies to her charity work, has increased since the couple’s relationship was made public, but one fact a lot of people do not know is her first name is Rachel – just like her character in Suits. 

Meghan is her middle name, and she uses it instead of Rachel, although she has never revealed why. 

While Meghan could go by her first name and be known as Princess Rachel of Wales, there is a longstanding tradition of royals going by middle names, or shortened versions of their name, according to Hello! magazine. 

Saturday, 9 September: 9:43am

As a divorcée, can Meghan ever actually marry Prince Harry? Her recent candour about their romance during an interview with Vanity Fair has heightened the already incredible levels of attention that the relationship has attracted.

Historically, however, royals have not been allowed to marry divorcées. Would an exception be made for Meghan?

Friday, 8 September: 3:00pm

What will Meghan’s title be if she marries Prince Harry? Although she could become a princess by marriage, she would not be entitled to be styled as Princess Meghan.

To have princess as a title before your first name is an honour reserved for women who are born into the Royal Family.

Friday, 8 September: 1:33pm 

The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William have announced they are expecting their third child – but how did Prince Harry react to the news?

A body language expert has revealed how the Prince really feels about now moving further down in the line to the throne.

Friday, 8 September: 11:41am 

Meghan’s comments to Vanity Fair, and the fact that she has spoken so publicly, could be a sign an engagement between the couple is imminent.

She revealed she doesn’t not read the extensive press coverage of their relationship, and hopes to not be affected by any public interest.

She said: “I don’t read any press. I haven’t even read press for Suits. The people who are close to me anchor me in knowing who I am. The rest is noise.”

Friday, 8 September: 10:48am

Meghan’s comments to Vanity Fair, and the fact that she has spoken so publicly, could be a sign an engagement between the couple is imminent.

She revealed she doesn’t not read the extensive press coverage of their relationship, and hopes to not be affected by any public interest.

She said: “I don’t read any press. I haven’t even read press for Suits. The people who are close to me anchor me in knowing who I am. The rest is noise.”

Friday, 8 September: 9:27am 

Meghan also revealed to Vanity Fair how happy they both are in their new relationship.

She continued: “We’re a couple. We’re in love.”

And she dropped her biggest hint yet that the couple may soon be engaged and have to face the pressures that come with that, and said: “I’m sure there will be a time when we will have to come forward and present ourselves and have stories to tell, but I hope what people will understand is that this is our time.

“This is for us. It’s part of what makes it so special, that it’s just ours. But we’re happy. Personally, I love a great love story.”

Friday, 8 September: 8:42am 

Meghan Markle spoke to the Vanity Fair about her royal romance with Prince Harry, 32, and said: “We’re two people who are really happy and in love.

“We were very quietly dating for about six months before it became news, and I was working during that whole time, and the only thing that changed was people’s perception.

“Nothing about me changed. I’m still the same person that I am, and I’ve never defined myself by my relationship.”

Prince Harry, 32, and Meghan Markle, 36, travelled to Botswana at the beginning of August for her 36th birthday to soak up the wildlife, and even took  a water safari on the Okavango Delta. 

They then went to Livingstone in Zambia at the end of last week and finished their trip at Victoria Falls, one of the seven ‘natural wonders’ of the world.

But the couple are now back on home ground after Prince Harry was seen out in London last week at the White Garden in Kensington palace paying tribute to his mother, Princess Diana’s loving memory. 

Many people have drawn similarities to the time Prince William proposed to the Duchess, Kate Middleton in Kenya. 

As well as being the place where William proposed to Kate, its the destination the brothers and their father, Prince Charles, flew too after their mother, Princess Diana, died.

He has called it the place “where I feel more like myself than anywhere else in the world” and where he has an “intense sense of complete relaxation and normality”.

Friends of the pair have claimed the engagement is official. 

A source told the Daily Star Sunday Prince Harry popped the question to the Suits actress while the couple were camping in Botswana.

They said the helicopter pilot prince flew Meghan out to the top secret site before proposing under the stars.

Rather than a ring, harry reportedly chose Zulu betrothal bracelets, an updated version of those currently worn by the couple as a symbol of love.

The source said: “The world is watching, so the royal red tape needs to be adhered to.

“Meghan won’t be landing at Heathrow with a giant rock on her finger.

“Harry’s told his friends he’s hoping to make the official announcement in September.

“The setting and the bracelets were just so special to Harry.”